Mayor Landrieu Pitches Gun Control Ideas for New Orleans

By Jenn Jacques

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, in partnership with City Councilmembers Jason Rogers Williams and James Gray, and New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison held a press conference this afternoon to announce a new city ordinance aimed at promoting gun safety in New Orleans.

“We want to change the culture of violence into a culture of peace,” said Landrieu.

“Guns harm too many innocent people who are caught in the crossfire,” Landrieu said. “And I believe we have a moral obligation to do everything in our power to fight back, to hold the stream of guns getting into the wrong hands.”

The Gun Safety Ordinance gives new requirements for reporting a lost or stolen gun, make all New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC) facilities “firearm-free zones,” outlaw guns without serial numbers, prohibit a person convicted of domestic abuse from possessing a gun and criminalize the negligent carrying of a concealed firearm.

However, city leaders are already admitting the steps aren’t ideal, but argue they have to find some way of reducing gun violence.

“If a bad person wants to do a bad thing to someone else, we can’t do much about it, but, what we can do is change the culture, we can get into …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms